Red Delicious Apples Nutritional Values

Red Delicious Apples, (raw with skin) Nutritional Values

Red Delicious Apple is native to Iowa, Peru and was introduced in market in 1874. Its parentage is unknown and discovered as a chance seedling on the farm by Jesse Hiatt and was originally known as Hawkeye. Red Delicious Apple is Large, brilliant red, sometimes streaked with green, elongated shape with five distinctive knobs at its base, juicy, sweet, no distinguishable tartness, recommended for hand-eating but not for cooking. This apple cooks down well into apple-sauce but it is not recommended for baking or frying.

For the natural taste of this apple buy it directly from former’s markets where you can get fresh fruits direct from forms not from overlong storage or supermarkets' selling frozen cold storages where it become mushy and tasteless flesh. It is probably the most widely available apple. This heart-shaped, bright red and sometimes striped apple is perhaps west world’s favourite snacking apple. Crunchy with a mildly sweet flavour, Red Delicious Apples are also great in salads.

Red Delicious Apples (raw with skin) Nutritional Values
Refuse: 11% Refuse Description: Core and stem
Nutrient (Proximates)	Unit	Value per100g
Water	g	85.33
Energy	kcal	59
Protein	g	0.27
Total lipid (fat)	g	0.2
Ash	g	0.14
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	14.06
Fiber, total dietary	g	2.3
Sugars, total	g	10.48
Sucrose	g	1.86
Glucose (dextrose)	g	2.71
Fructose	g	5.9
Starch	g	0.05
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	6
Iron, Fe	mg	0.11
Magnesium, Mg	mg	5
Phosphorus, P	mg	12
Potassium, K	mg	104
Sodium, Na	mg	1
Zinc, Zn	mg	0.04
Copper, Cu	mg	0.027
Manganese, Mn	mg	0.034
Vitamins
Thiamin	mg	0.015
Riboflavin	mg	0.025
Niacin	mg	0.075
Pantothenic acid	mg	0.051
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.034
Folate, total	µg	3
Folate, food	µg	3
Choline, total	mg	3.4
Vitamin A, RAE	µg	3
Carotene, beta	µg	27
Cryptoxanthin, beta	µg	12
Vitamin A, IU	IU	55
Lutein + zeaxanthin	µg	31
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	mg	0.24
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	µg	2.6
Amino Acids
Tryptophan	g	0.001
Threonine	g	0.006
Isoleucine	g	0.006
Leucine	g	0.013
Lysine	g	0.013
Methionine	g	0.001
Cystine	g	0.001
Phenylalanine	g	0.007
Tyrosine	g	0.001
Valine	g	0.012
Arginine	g	0.006
Histidine	g	0.005
Alanine	g	0.012
Aspartic acid	g	0.073
Glutamic acid	g	0.026
Glycine	g	0.009
Proline	g	0.006
Serine	g	0.011
Flavonoids
Anthocyanidins
Cyanidin	mg	4.9
Peonidin	mg	0.1
Flavan-3-ols
(+)-Catechin	mg	2
(-)-Epigallocatechin	mg	0.4
(-)-Epicatechin	mg	9.8
(-)-Epigallocatechin 3-gallate	mg	0.1
Flavonols
Quercetin	mg	3.9

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